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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. From which city in Florida does Pinkie hail, as described in the story entitled "Muttsy"?
2. With which married man was Daisy's "most prolonged and serious" (174) affair?
3. In what type of dwelling does Bertha live?
4. In what way is Artie related to Luke in the story entitled "Under the Bridge"?
5. Who pays the rent at the dwelling where Bertha lives, according to the narrator of "Sweat"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is the protagonist of the story "The Book of Harlem" and what qualities does he exhibit?
2. What is ironic about the act Muttsy takes in order to express his intention to marry Pinkie?
3. The story "Monkey Junk" utilizes diction and language associated with which text?
4. What is the significance of the title Hurston gave to the story called "Sweat"?
5. Who is Ma Turner, according to the story entitled "Muttsy" and other stories?
6. From what location does Pinkie hail and why is this fact significant?
7. Who is Bertha and who pays her rent at Ma Turner's boarding house?
8. In what way is foreshadowing associated with the portrait featured in the story "The Back Room"?
9. The story entitled "Book of Harlem," not to be confused with the story "The Book of Harlem," focuses on what kind of journey?
10. Who is Daisy Taylor?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Hurston’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick.
Essay Topic 2
How are the topics of romantic relationships, love, and sex treated within the collection Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick and how does their treatment relate to the collection's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 3
How is the theme of hypocrisy treated within Hurston’s text and with which of the text’s messages does the theme closely connect?
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